Prita

Me : Sean, do I sound arrogant when I talked in English lang?

Sean : No. You sound incredibly good talking in English. To be honest, for an Asian, your English is good. Why?

M : My best friend’s bf told her that me and her are arrogant for talking in English more than Bahasa. What do you think that’s odd when I talked in English?

S : Is that so important?

M : Yeah. So?

S : well, maybe your accent.

M : My accent sucks, isn’t it?

S : I have always thought you were not an Indonesian when I called you the first time at the office 7 years ago. Means, your accent is so good. Maybe … you shouldn’t talk much in English around your Indonesian friends. You sound so good, they hate you for that. But, the consequences are … well, you don’t use it you lose it. Means you might going to lose your english lang skills bit by bit if you didnt talk much in english.

M : Is there anyway I can still talk in English and at the same time giving an impression to people that I’m not arrogant but incredibly funny and friendly?

S : Funny and friendly for who? Ghosts? Oh come on princess, talk in english as much as you like, at least you just sound arrogant … not arrogant per se.

M : I’m not funny for you?

S : You know what your problem is? You should call Ja … he’s on his way to canberra and will stop by in Jakarta. For a week. Give him a call. He’ll landed at CGK on Sunday at 7 pm.

M : What the hell is he doing here? For a week? That’s not stopping by. WHy he he get an extra 1 week for 3 months TDY?

S : His phone number is … 0812 678 ……